Green News & Opinion

12 Articles by Marni Fogelson-Teel

Alexandra Zissu is the co-author of The Complete Organic Pregnancy, a contributor to numerous publications including New York Magazine and Cookiemag.com, and a blogger for TheDailyGreen.com. Her next book on green and sustainable food and kitchens will be published in 2010.What do you see as the green ... keep reading

Rob Walker is a freelance journalist, the writer for the "Consumed" column in The New York Times Magazine, author of several books including Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are. One of his most recent ventures is the Unconsumption website.
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It's been the buzz word heard around the world for several years. Farmers, new parents, college students: everyone is discussing organics. And while it's a label adorning everything from the clothing we buy to the food we eat to the stuffing used in our dog beds, there's ... keep reading

Summer Rayne Oakes is an activist, model, correspondent for Planet Green, consultant, public speaker, and author of style, naturally, a shopping guide to sustainable fashion and beauty.
Her blog on www.summerrayne.net follows her far-flung adventures and includes updates on the latest green happenings, fashions, and products.
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Literary masterpieces including Anna Karenina have devoted entire scenes to it. You may have begrudgingly helped your grandma do it on a hot summer's day when you would have rather been swimming at the community pool. It's canning, and not that it ever truly went away, but it ... keep reading

Clotilde Dusoulier is the creator of the award-winning blog Chocolate & Zucchini as well as the author of several books including a cookbook and a book of culinary adventures in Paris. In 2008, Chocolate & Zucchini was named one of the top 10 food blogs in the world by the UK's ... keep reading

While it would be nice for us all to live Barbara Kingsolver-like, and gather the makings of a meal by reaching into our pantry stocked full of vegetables lovingly grown and then canned by our own two hands, or gleefully measure the distance from farm to table in the number ... keep reading

Rachel Sarnoff (far left in photo) is the founder and CEO of EcoStiletto.com, a guide to hip, green living. Sarnoff has written for numerous online and print publications including treehugger.com and Self magazine.
Being a blogger has the potential to be an inherently eco-friendly occupation. What do you ... keep reading

Tu B’Shevat, a minor Jewish holiday that commemorates the “New Year of the Trees”, has a bit of a head-start on most of the other days around the world celebrating trees: it’s been observed for millennia. In modern times, this holiday has become a sort of hybrid between ... keep reading

LOHAS, Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, refers to the broad category of businesses that serve the socially, environmentally and health conscious consumer. The LOHAS market segment includes health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice. LOHAS companies are known for practicing responsible capitalism, with a focus ... keep reading

When People and several other popular media outlets heralded the news that the Duggar family in Arkansas welcomed their 17th child earlier this month, my reaction was not necessarily that of awe or amazement. It was anxiety. While the Duggar family is certainly an anomaly, it would become more than ... keep reading

Editor's Note: With this post we welcome Marni Fogelson-Teel. Marni writes out of Virginia, and will be serving us some interesting tidbits on such topics as education, eco-celebrities, climate change in developing nations, food and more! Keep a watch for her next posts!
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